Rear furrow-wheel lift



W. S. GRAHAM.

- REAR FURROW WHEEL LIFT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1920.

1,435,291. I Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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W. S. GRAHAM.

REAR FURROW WHEEL LIFT. APPLICATION HLEn' NOV. 29, 1920.

1,485,291. Patented Nov. 14, 1921 2 SHEETSSHEE'I 2.

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Patented NW. i i, 1922:.

Y U o title WILLIAM s. GRAHAM, on onn'ron; rLnrnois, Assmrion TO lnrnnnn'rronn-n "Hermes- TEE contrnnmn GQRPOBATION QFNEW JE snY. i

REAR rnnnow-wnnnn LIFT.

Application-fi led n em eree, 1920. "Serial No. 42 ,931.

To'aZZ whom z' t amm. Be t known thatl W/VILLIAI/LS. Giann ni, ,a cltLZQILOfthB UDllLSQL Stetesyresiding' at C .nton,- in the, county of Fulton and State 5 of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fiearfl urrow- 'WheelLifts offl which thefollowing is a fu1l, cle2tr-,j-und GXEICtSPBCifiCZLtiOIl. s

My invention relates to wheel plows of thesoeculled tremeless type, andmore speeific a lly to means for eontrollingj the rear "furrow wheel when such a plow israised and l we d, r The gobj eots zofi my invention aret'o proyid'ei'e; rear furrow wheel lift of simplified eonstruotion', ,and -=one that will include means for,v controlling the oustering action of the rearwheel and in which the thrust on the furrow wheel while plowing reaots on. the wheel adjusting, Connections in. such e way as to. positively hold the wheelin work ng-"position where in prior devices this thrust tends to swing-the Wheel-nndreise U,.'lhese Qbjeo'tsnre g ccornplished by swiveling the uprightspindle-of the rear-"furrow wheelin zthreoket pivotedto,thepl0w on a il'iorizontal axis,.end prow idingthe spindle witlrra laterally extending arm, and by controlling ;both the bracket and ..spindle through-s singleloolring rnember or lever pivoted intermediatexits -ends on the. plow and; connected to, the breeket 1 and spindle in such al way thatroolging of thepivojted mernher swings the bracket to raisezind lower the furrow wheel, and also and refile asesthe spindle as thewheel is loweredand sin e he wme ie that th wer ieepthrus tel he t e (bra-skewed s e t ek it went m le at B W t- Q pe s or heire ee iei ts iere ser ed, eei ee eefi e y' 4 defi ed h app n ed le e i 3 Refer g to t e d awi gs-=1,

lisu gsi'deelevation of the rear n; wheeledfp ow l equipped with at furrow wheelembodying my invention and showing :the furrow wheel inraised position and the :p ow l weredsw i Fig- 2 is'a similar yiew' with the wheel lowered and theploW raised;

- Fig. 3 at plsnwiew, and,

secured thereto plates 11 between which 15 pivotedgon a horizontal. axis 12 beer:

s rel te 2 whi h rm moves. towa d has oonne'etedto it a lin'k 5515 see, when is, pivoted ftp .thhleeve its- Fin-e timer weue the semestiu tur f 0 PfirPQ Of i tr n ll SEW em improved rear wheel lift in oonnection with a plow bearn 10,1 whiohmay he the rear plow of a gang The standardof the plow has ing bracket or sleeve 13. v r In this sleeve there I is jOurnQledthe upright ortend the Crank spindle 14- carrying ethereal" furrow wheel- 15, which is inclined or canted from the land side in [the usual, manner. The sleeve- 13 is provided with ail-extension"l3? in the end of "which there is threadedyza stop;,bolt' 13:;

which is positioned {to engegeithegreahr of the plow standerdwhentheplow islowered end: serves to regulate the extentofi ,itsJde scent. A'stop o0ll ar 16 onthe spindles'up--v ports the sleeve 13, endthe projecting upper end or" the spindle hi svclfimp lorfotherwlse I fixed thereon the laterally extending arm v 17, 'which has n vverti cally e xtenc lin r ztpertine 18 Fa it e er nd n h e i se en 1 i1 pmernber-oreye l9. Qnthe rear'e'ndof ,the *plowlhea m thereis mountedinfthe' v.

braeket QOsecured tov the bea :agroek grin or leVerfQL-f This arm is. lpixzotedtoth'e bracket intermediate its endson hforizom I tele xis at vendis formedtoprovidenn I,

upwardly extending arm, 21 and lSPlfGfi-lfably forkedibelow its pivot to -provide two downwardly extending' arlns'm 2 1, The 3 1m 213% is oonnectedto a flexible lifting-link i sm for the PlQ-W K 9 hwe) he rm 21*. lend 21?? arelztterz-tlly k inclined. from the main part ofthe rook arm so that their ends :23, which is Conrieotedtothe lifting Iheohaare outwardly offset and brought into ap fis si qe te nsee h ey. he the it ih F ow is l w:

r d- The arm 21? erl endj. t 9

ith the Construction above described rocking of the ernl .2l Ja ots'ffto sw'ingfthe. sleei e or bracket l3througli linkQfi, thereby raising or loweringtheffurrow wheel; At-

tially at right angles to eye 119 andftnoyed fQrWm'dM-er inwa dly z h r thro eh k -ere sinetelihe same wee; plneesr e i f Ey 19 en s edlw m .lHF

Id .3 new bif l e. ee- 19; and

the serne tithe the rod-2% isrkept suostan as the plow is being lowered or as itsconnection to member is above a: behind the pivot of link 26 to member 2' its longitudinal movement is less than that of link and the upper end of sleeve 13, and the joint movement of rod 26 and of the upper end of sleeve 13 acts to bring the eye 1%?) into contact with the stop collar 25 when the plow is lowered and to move the eye 19 away from the stop when the plow is raised. It is therefore evident thatthe furrow wheel. spindle will be locked against swiveling movement when the plow is lowered, and that it will be practically free to turn in the bearing bracket 13 when the plow raised as the eye 19 is then free to move on rod 24 to a considerable extent, and also that pressure of the furrow wheel against the furrow side when plowing can be regulated by change in position of stop 25 and accordance raised, but

that such adjustment is independent of the,

adjusted depth of plowing. By having both links connected to the one rock arm the tendency of the rear furrow wheel to swing itself around and thus raise the plow out of the ground lsdone away with. That there is this tenedncy in devices of this type is quite apparent, since the side thrust of the ground against the wheel results in pressure ofjthe spindle arm against its stop. This action reacts on the pivoted sleeve carrying the spindle'of the rear furrow wheel which tends to swing back, and would swing back if it were not for the link connection between the sleeve and the rock arm. In my construc tion the pressure caused by the side thrust is carried through the rod at, rock arm 21 and link 26to the sleeve 13 resulting-in a pull against the sleeve which causes the adjust able stop 13 to bear harder against the standard.

The construction above described exemplifies but one form which my invention may take, and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: v

1. The combination with a plow carrying frame of a bracket pivoted to the frame on a horizontal axis, a furrow-wheel, having a spindle journaled in said bracket to; caster about an upwardly extending axis, a rockarm pivoted on the frame and connected to the bracket for rocking it on its pivot, and a link connecting the rocL-arm and spindle and provided with means for locking the spindle against castering when thebracket has been rocked in a direction to raise the furrow wheel.

2. The combination with a plow carrying frame of a bracket pivoted to the frame on a horizontal axis, a furrow-wheel having a spindle journaled in said bracket to caster al-iout an upwardly extending axis,a-rock-- arm pivoted on the frame and-connected to downward movement.

the bracket for rocking it on its pivot, a link pivoted to said rock-arm and slidably conresponding branch on therock-ar'm, a link connected to said branch and slidably engaged with-the arm on thespindle, a'second link connecting the rock-arm and "said bracket for rocking it on its pivot, and a stop on said first link a'daptedto engage the arm on the spindle when the bracket has been rocked in a direction to raise the I furrow-wheel. i

l. The combination with. a plow carr ing frame of a bracket pivoted'at 'its'lower end to the frame, a spindle journale'd in said bracket on an axis transverse tothat of the bracket, a crank on said spindle,- a furrow wheel journaled on the crank and positioned to bear against the land side when pl0wing" 'and controlling means mounted on the frame and connected to'the upper ends of the bracket and spindle'respectively including means through which the thrust on the. furrow-wheel when lowing is transmitted to the 'bracket connection.

5. The combination with a plow carry ing frame, of a rear furrow Wheel mounted to be raised and lowered with respect to said frame and also to caster thereon, and controlling means for themovements of said furrow, wheel including a stop for limiting casteringof the wheel in one direction when the wheel is raised and means cooperating with the stop, through which the pressure on said stop tends to lock the-wheel against 6. T he combination with aplow-ca-rrying frame of a bracket pivoted at'its lowerend to the frame on a horizontal axis, a spindle journaled in said bracket on an upwardly extending axis, a furrow-wheelmounted on the spindle on an axis oblique to that of the spindle whereby the furrow-wheel is positioned to bear against the land side when plowing, a rocloarm on the frame, a connection between the rock-arm and spindle including means for transmitting the thrust of the furrow-wheel when plowing to the rock-arm, and. a connection between the rock-arm and the upper end of thebracket serving to transmit the thrust to the bracket in a manner to hold it ag'ainstmovement on its pivot while plowing.

7. The combination with a plow carrying frame of a bracket'pivoted to theframe' on a horizontal axis, a spindle journeled in said bracket on an upwardly extending an operating connection at theup per end of the rock-arm, a link connected to'the rockarm below its pivot and slidably engaged,

with theolateral arn; onfthe spindle and have." 15$) ing a; stop fol" engagement With' said; am, 10 anda'second llnk connected to saldv ro'icki arm belowthe firstmentioned'link-vand con}; 1

nested to 'sai d bl acketh In testimony whereof; affix mysignat ure" WILLIAM SfGRAHAM. 1 t 

